BOXSCORE: 1955 Kansas City Athletics At 1955 Washington Nationals 8/15/1955 Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG W.Moon LF 1 0 1 0 .290 J.Temple 2B 4 1 0 0 .262 A-C.Maxwell PR,LF 3 1 1 0 .299 H.Kuenn SS 5 1 1 1 .303 P.Runnels 2B 4 0 2 0 .297 R.Repulski LF 5 0 3 2 .300 M.Mantle RF,CF 3 0 0 1 .289 G.Bell CF 2 1 0 0 .287 G.Hodges 1B 4 0 0 0 .298 A.Smith RF 2 0 1 0 .263 J.Delsing CF,RF 4 0 1 0 .186 R.Boone 3B 4 2 1 0 .295 B.Gardner 3B 4 0 0 0 .208 E.Torgeson 1B 1 2 1 2 .227 G.Triandos C 4 0 2 0 .283 H.Naragon C 4 0 2 2 .429 J.Logan SS 2 0 0 0 .281 C.Erskine P 4 1 1 1 .173 T.Brewer P 2 0 0 0 .091 B-B.Martin PH 1 0 0 0 .265 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 01.000 C-B.Cerv PH 0 0 0 0 .456 D-J.Piersall PR 0 0 0 0 .279 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 1 7 1 Totals 31 8 10 8 A-Pinch Ran For Moon In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Brewer In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Grissom In 9th Inning D-Pinch Ran For Cerv In 9th Inning INJURY: Wally Moon INJURED (for 0 more games) in 3rd inning INJURY: Bob Cerv INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 0 Nationals....... 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 1 - 8 10 0 Athletics (48-63) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Brewer LOSS(3-5) 6 7 6 6 6 2 0 113 4.63 A1 D3 M.Grissom 2 3 2 2 3 0 1 53 3.72 D4 Totals 8 10 8 8 9 2 1 Nationals (52-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET C.Erskine WIN(8-6) 9 7 1 1 2 7 0 116 5.09 A1 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 7 0 ATTENDANCE- 13,904 DATE- Sunday, August 15th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 9 Nationals:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0 Nationals: 1 DOUBLES- C.Maxwell(10th), R.Boone(14th), H.Naragon(1st) HOME RUNS- H.Kuenn(9th) RBIs- M.Mantle(88th), H.Kuenn(50th), R.Repulski-2(2nd), E.Torgeson-2(9th), H.Naragon-2(2nd), C.Erskine SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Mantle, E.Torgeson-2 WALKS- J.Logan-2, J.Temple, G.Bell-3, A.Smith-3, R.Boone, E.Torgeson HIT BY PITCH- W.Moon, B.Cerv STRIKE OUTS- C.Maxwell-2, M.Mantle-2, G.Hodges, G.Triandos-2, H.Kuenn, C.Erskine GIDP- G.Hodges WILD PITCHES- T.Brewer, C.Erskine-2 2-out RBI- R.Repulski-2, H.Kuenn RLISP 2-out- A.Smith, T.Brewer-3, H.Kuenn, H.Naragon, J.Delsing, R.Boone-2, C.Maxwell TEAM RISP- Athletics: 1 for 8 Nationals: 3 for 11 WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Gus Bell robbed Mickey Mantle of a Homerun! Carl Erskine allowed Gordy Renaud to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game and left fielder Rip Repulski had 3 base hits and 2 RBI as the Washington Nationals beat the Kansas City Athletics by a score of 8 to 1. Washington took the lead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning as they scored 2 runs on 2 base hits. That was all the runs Erskine(8-6) needed. Washington had 10 hits for the afternoon. Tom Brewer(3-5) was the loser. He allowed 6 runs and 7 hits in 6 innings. SCORESHEET: 1955 Kansas City Athletics at 1955 Washington Nationals W.Moon-A1 A1:Si *3*:HBP *5*:K *8*:Do E1:K C.Maxwel-B2 P.Runnel-A1 A2:Si>12 B2:F/9 C2:G/63 D2:Si>23 M.Mantle-A1 A3:K B3:F/9 C3:K D3:SF/8>3 # G.Hodges-A1 A4:G-DP/6 B4:K *6*:G/53 D4:G/63>1 43>1o 2 J.Delsin-A1 *2*:Si *4*:G/43 C5:G/43 D5:G/43 B.Gardne-A1 A6:P/2 B6:L/5 C6:G/31 *9*:L/6 G.Triand-A1 A7:K B7:Si *7*:K D7:Si J.Logan-A1 A8:W>12 b B8:W>12 b C8:F/8 D8:WP>12 1 1 F/9 T.Brewer-A1 A9:G/53 B9:WP>23 C9:F/8 D9:HBP B.Martin-C9 12 G/63 M.Grisso-D1+ J.Temple-A1 A1:G/63 B1:F/9 C1:W>12 b *6*:G/53 E1:G/63 1 H.Kuenn-A1 A2:K B2:P/6 C2:WP>23 D2:F/8 E2:HR>b# 12 G/53 R.Repuls-A1 A3:Si *3*:G/13 C3:Si>3# D3:FO/5 E3:Si 2# G.Bell-A1 A4:W>12 b B4:G/3 C4:F/8 *7*:W>b1 E4:W>12 b 1 1 A.Smith-A1 A5:P/6 B5:W>b1 *5*:W>b1 D5:Si>12 E5:W>23 1 2 b1 R.Boone-A1 *2*:W>b1 B6:G/63 C6:Do>1o D6:G/43>2 E6:F/8 3 12 E.Torges-A1 A7:Si>13 *4*:W>b1 C7:SF/8>3 D7:SF/7>3 # # H.Narago-A1 A8:Do>3# B8:G/43>1 C8:Si D8:G/43 2# 2 C.Erskin-A1 A9:L/6 B9:Si>2# C9:K *8*:F/8